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Re:Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs after s... by Shank on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @06:46AM (#45514587)
A significant part of the prosumer NAS market isn’t running these for storage exclusively. They usually want a media server like Plex or Enby or Jellyfin at minimum and maybe a handful of other apps. It would be better to articulate this market demand as for low power application servers, not strictly storage appliances.
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Re:Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs after s... by mlrtime on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @06:54AM (#45514649)
I used to like synology for that, but now I just want a NAS with NAS things on it that supports the latest technology.

As soon as my Synology dies I'm replacing it with Unifi. I don't want all that extra software with constant CVEs to patch.

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Re:Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs after s... by ryandrake on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @10:41AM (#45516729)
Simplification is the key. My setup went from: Custom NAS hardware running vendor-provided OS and heavyweight media serving software -> Custom NAS hardware running TrueNAS + heavyweight media server -> Custom NAS hardware running Linux + NFS -> Old Junker Dell running Linux + NFS. You keep finding bells and whistles you just don't need and all they do is add complexity to your life.
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